BurningbirdThe weather actually cooled sufficiently to go outside on both Friday and Saturday. The humidity was high, but with the car windows down, driving was very pleasant. Now is the best time to take photos of butterflies in this area, and so I packed up the gear and headed to the Busch Nature Center on […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. There’s a famous Catholic cathedral here in St. Louis: The Cathedral Basilica. It’s a beautiful building, with its green tiled dome and solid, hewn stone walls. What makes it unique, though, is its collection of mosaics. Only the Vatican has more mosaics. I visited the Cathedral this week to scope it out for […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. My roommate was home from work early yesterday so I took the opportunity of having the car during the day to make a quick trip to the Botanical Gardens. There was a great deal of activity–more than I would expect on an overcast Friday afternoon. However, the unveiling of the […]
I received a new comment today to my post, Confluence. The post was based on a trip I took last year to Cairo, Illinois, and the comment was from a man who signed himself JohnnyB: I grew up in Illinois in the 1960s and remember the race riots in Cairo in 1967 and 1969 and the […]
Amidst the turmoil surrounding freedom of expression, a bit of heaven, if you will, has been found on earth. Scientists for Conservation International have discovered a slice of earth never before visited by humans in New Guinea–full of new or extremely rare species. The animals are so unused to humans, they evidence no fear of the people and the […]